Livery to be worn by Aldermen when
riding to Westminster with the
Mayor elect, 106; the giving of,
by Sheriffs restricted, 347-8; of the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Recorder,
to be paid for out of brokerage and
scavage, 350-1

"Livery of Company," statute restricting the giving of, 353, 435n.

Loans to the King, procedure followed
by the City in granting, 121

Lobenham, Ralph, 334

Loche, Thomas, 446

Lodwyk, Robert, 402

Loffenham, Nicholas, 318

"Loke," le, William Cook, "forman"
at, 9

Lokes, John, 22, 28, 199

Lokes, les, lepers at, 343

Lokha, William, appointed chaplain
to Guldeford's chantry in St. Paul's,
315

London Bridge, gifts for repair of, 18,
376; to be safeguarded with ordnance, 65, 172; assize of nets to be
used east and west of, 159; the gate
on, granted to John Dustone, Serjeant to the Mayor, 212; tenants of
the Stocks to contribute towards the
maintenance of, 242-3; a quitrent
due from the Prior and Convent of
St. Mary, Southwark, to, 318;
chapel of St. Thomas on, 411
-, Wardens of, to keep in repair
the latrine on the bridge, 212;
Henry Yenelee (Yevelee ?), Warden,
resigns, 213; auditors of their
accounts, 102, 153, 168, 198, 219,
249, 273, 286-7, 332, 344, 355, 367,
385, 399, 415, 425, 434, 440, 444,
449

Lyons, Richard, a return of his property
to be made into Chancery, 30, 31;
deprived of the franchise, 30n.;
removed from his Aldermanry, 38
-, Richard, 389
-, Isabella, wife of, claims
her reasonable part of her husband's
goods, 389
-, 12, 14, 30n., 38

Mayor, election of, ordinances touching mode of, 39, 106 241, 289; the
King's intervention in, 334; not to
maintain quarrels, 40; must have
served as Sheriff, 277; not to serve
more than one year, but may be
re-elected after an interval of five
years, 347; to be presented to the
Constable of the Tower, 387

Medway, nets for fishing in, to be of
prescribed mesh, 86; kydels to be
removed from, 87

Meire, John, 45, 130, 326

Meldebourne, Gilbert, 21, 53, 113

Mendone, John, 98

"Menuse" (minnows), 191

"Menyver," a fur, 29, 30, 161, 232,
262

Mercers, mistery of, sends six
members to the Common Council,
42, 59; to appoint men to search
for merchant strangers trading in
the City, 90; searchers sworn,
90-1; complaint by, that men
using the mistery had obtained the
franchise through the mistery of
Haberdashers, 257-8

Merchant Strangers, restrictions on
their trading in the City, 53, 86n.,
222-3, 242, 394n., 447; to lodge
with free hostelers, 90; search to
be made for, and return to be made,
id.; form of oath to be taken by
searchers, 91; allowed to bring fish
and other victuals to the City without hindrance, 190n., 226, 231, 325,
337; pray to be put on equality
with other merchants touching
garbling, 406; complain of having
to pay scavage, 429-30
-, See also Foreigners.

Misteries, the, elections to Common
Council to be made by men
of, 36; the Council composed
of members of, 41-4, 59, 64;
elections of Mayor and Aldermen
to be made by men of, 39; members
of, to swear to keep the peace, &c,
59; an affray between Pepperers
and Goldsmiths, 99; no Warden,
&c., of, to receive money for presenting persons for admission to the
City franchise, 162-3; masters of,
to bring their charters before the
Mayor and Chamberlain, 193; the
Fishmongers make default, id.;
to elect their own brokers, 198,
199; members of, not to act on
their own authority, but to lay their
complaints before the Mayor and
Aldermen, 224; not more than
eight persons of one mistery to be
returned to Common Council, 227;
six men to testify to character of
applicant for City freedom, 235;
their charters, &c., to be returned
into Chancery, 336; translations
from and to, 11, 257-60, 423, 439,
443, 446
-, Masters of, sworn, 76-7, 96-7,
132-3, 151-2, 170-1, 201-2, 221-2,
250, 273-4, 291-2, 318, 336-7,
346, 356, 369-70, 388-9, 397,
402-3, 416-17

Neville, Alexander, Archbishop of
York, 321
-, Alice, assessed as a Baroness, for
poll-tax, 131
-, John de, of Raby, ordered to
attend the election of a Mayor and
see it be done according to custom,
250
-, Richard, 407

Norbury, Northbury, Richard, removed from the Common Council,
64, 303; restored, 176; elected
M.P. for the City, 198, 211;
elected Alderman of Bassishaw,
214; committed to the Tower,
248; tried at the Tower and
sentenced to death, 265; reprieved
and sent to Corfe Castle, 266n.;
forbidden to come within 100 miles
of the City, 279, 281-2; to be deprived of the franchise, 304; the
King urged by Lord de la Souche
to get him restored to the franchise,
305; the citizens make a protest,
305-6; not to be restored to the
franchise, even if pardoned by the
King, 306; an inquiry to be held
touching his property, 307; pardoned by the King, id.; not to
come within 80 miles of the
City, id.; citizens to make oath to
abjure the opinions of, 315; the
King not to be urged to show
further favour to, 317; judgments
against, revoked, 371; restored to
the franchise, 429
-, mercer, 36, 38, 41, 42,
126, 148, 210, 211, 214, 215, 218,
219, 254

Noreys, Edmund, Warden of the
Guildhall Chapel, 339

Norffolk, Nortfolk, Henry, 16, 202
-, John, 84, 238 297, 335

Norfolk, Countess of, a fraud practised on, 121

Norman, Walter, 87

Normantone, John, 345

Norreys, Thomas, 7

Nor[t]hamptone, John, draper, 26
-, Petronilla, wife of, 26
-, elected Alderman of Cordwainer Street Ward, 9; elected
Sheriff, 47; elected M.P. for the
City, 98; elected Mayor, 169;
elected Alderman of Dowgate,
177; ordinances made during his
Mayoralty regulating the sale of
fish, 190-1, 192; re-elected Mayor
at the King's suggestion, 200-1;
finds sureties for keeping the peace,
229n.; arrested by the King's
orders and committed to Corfe
Castle, 229; the question of his
being allowed to return to the City
decided in the negative, 245; his
trial at Reading, 246n.; his trial
at the Tower, 264-6; committed to
Tintagel Castle, 266n.; forbidden
to come within 100 miles of the
City, 266n., 279; a proposal that
he should be allowed within 40
miles of the City rejected by the
citizens, 281-2; disfranchised, 304;
the King urged by Lord de la
Souche to get him restored to the
franchise, 305; the citizens make a
protest, 305-6; not to be restored
to the franchise even if pardoned by
the King, 306; an inquiry to be
held as to his property, 307; pardoned by the King, id.; not to
come within 80 miles of the City,
id.; the City prays the King not to
pardon, without evidence of City
officials, 313; citizens to make oath
to abjure the opinions of, 315; the
King to be no more petitioned to
show further favour to, 317; judgments against, revoked, 359; not
to be a subject of controversy, 364;
restored to his estates, 370; restored to the franchise, &c., 419-420

Orphanage, abduction of an orphan
over sixteen years of age, 1; marriage of, without leave of the Court
of Aldermen, 52, 186, 211, 341,
359-60; permission to marry an
orphan granted by the Mayor, 394;
custom of the City touching, 327,
345; guardianship of an orphan
idiot of full age, 430-1

Oxford, schools at, 150; its charter
allowed by the City of London,
398-9; Thomas Somerset, Mayor
of, 398; writ to the Mayor, &c.,
of London not to exact toll from
burgesses of, 436; return thereto, id.

Pillory, punishment of, for cheating
with dice, 25; for forging a bond,
67; for the purse trick, 67-8; for
slandering an Alderman, 94; for
selling a putrid partridge, 110; for
unlawful pretence, 154; for selling
coal by short measure, 156; for
selling putrid pigeons, 165; for
selling unwholesome fish, 197; for
practising magic, 198, 207; for sell
ing coal in unlawful sacks, 215, 266;
for selling false bow-strings, 272;
for a false appeal, 329; for practising soothsaying, 351; for insulting
a Recorder, 361; for falsifying a
deed enrolled in the Husting, 365;
for pretending to be an officer of the
Marshalsea, 376; for selling false
powders, 412

Reading, the Mayor and others summoned to attend the King at,
245-6; the trial of John Northampton at, 246n.; judgments passed
against John Northampton at, revoked, 359, 370

"Reasonable part," a widow's. See
"Legitim."

Reche, John, 23, 92, 180, 206, 221,
305, 306

Recorder of the City, not to maintain
any quarrel, 40; City custom declared
by word of mouth of, 86; fees for
enrolments in the Husting at one time
given to, 100; an insult offered to
a, 361; has only authority to pronounce judgments of the Mayor
and Aldermen, 395

Richard II., his accession, precautions
taken for safeguarding the City,
64-6, 68; claims at his coronation,
69; writ for present coinage to
continue currency, 69; writ of
Privy Seal for four citizens to attend
a Council touching the war with
France, 73; pledges crown and
jewels as security for City loans, 79,
80, 81, 87, 88, 122-3, 149, 156, 159,
160, 218, 219, 267, 268, 293-4;
his charters to the City, 86, 87,
222-3, 242; his agreement with
Count Louis of Flanders, 99;
appeals to the City for money
for defence of the realm, 119-120;
the City's reply, 120-1; his marriage, 160; crown, &c., pledged
with the City, returned for the occasion, id.; the inhabitants of the
City to take an oath of fealty to, 167,
178; in great pecuniary difficulties,
181; his letter to the City suggesting there election of John de Northampton as Mayor, 200, grants pardon to the Mayor, &c., for executing
John Constantyn, 231; petition to
be made to, for authority to punish
misdoers in the City, 244; no petitions against the City's government
to be made to, 249; his expedition
to Scotland, 269, 272; letters patent
admitting a discharged member of
the House of Almaine to be a free
subject, 278; to be asked not to
allow Northampton, More, and Norbury to come within 40 miles of
the City, 282; purposes an expedition to France, 288, 289n.; commission of regency, 286n., 296n.;
urged by Lord de la Souche to
get Northampton restored to the
franchise, 305; the citizens make a
protest, 305-6; pardons Northampton, at the instance of the Duke
of Lancaster, 307; forbids further
intervention in favour of Northampton, 317; takes the lords appel
lant as well as Brembre and other
advisers under his protection until
the meeting of Parliament, 320-1;
no one to speak ill of, 321; City
loan of 5,000l. to, 323; proclaims
the innocence of Nicholas Extone,
331; writs touching the election of
a suitable Mayor, 334-5; writs for
return into Chancery of charters
of City Misteries and Guilds, 336;
a subsidy to enable the King to go to
France to make peace, 373; deprives
the City of its Mayor and Sheriffs,
379; restores the City's liberties and
remits fines, 380-1; articles sent by
the Commons in Parliament to,
420-1; goes to Ireland, 421; marries
Isabella of France, 434; at Woodstock, 438; thanks the City for
pecuniary assistance, id.; resigns
his crown, 448n.

St. John the Evangelist, church of,
Edmund Wymondeswolde, Rector
of, 104

St. John of Jerusalem, Robert de
Hales, Prior of Hospital of, an admiral, 50; Prior of, his difference
with the Bishop of St. David's, 56;
complains of nuisance caused by
animals being slaughtered in the
City, 372

St. Paul's, tenants of, Dean and Chapter, to be free of toll, 5; William
Shrouesburi, Canon of, 112; the
Renter of, 115; visit of the Mayor
and Aldermen on Whit-Monday to,
188; chantry of Henry Guldeford
in, 315; Dean and Chapter requested
by the City to admit John Neuton,
Rector of Halstede, to the chantry
of Henry de Guldeford, 338

Scavage, Skawage, a custom paid by
strangers for defraying expenses of
Mayoralty, 350-1; the office of, to
be given to certain valets of the
King's Chamber, 385; always paid
by foreign merchants, 429-30

Sheriffs, to have no more than four serjeants, 12; forbidden to maintain any
quarrel, 40; one moiety of victuals
forfeited to, to go to the Commonalty, 47; to have six mounted serjeants to report matters touching the
City's defence to the Mayor, 66; not
to be returned to Parliament, 98n.;
serjeants of, sworn, 102; complaints
against, to be laid before the Mayor
and Aldermen, 112, 133, 199; to
return records of assizes to the
Guildhall Chamber, 175-6; their
officers not to brew ale nor retail
victuals, 209-10; election of, to take
place on St. Matthew's Day, 241;
to be responsible for escape of a
prisoner, 294, 374; also for any
disturbance that may arise at the
election of a Mayor, 334-5; the
giving of "livery" by new, restricted,
347-8; not to ride to Westminster
for presentation at the Exchequer,
348; removed by the King, 379;
election of, restored to the City, 384;
new, presented to the Constable of
the Tower, 386; render their
accounts into the Exchequer, 390;
officers of, ordinances touching, 402;
serjeants of, their fees, id.

Southwark, dispute as to certain shops
being in the City or Borough of,
92-3; the "Stolpes" in, 93; Hospital of St. Thomas in, 111; Bailiff
of, prevents foreign fishmongers
bringing fish into the City, 192; ale
not to be sent to, for hucksters to
sell, 215; two shillings for "besants"
paid to the Exchequer for bailiwick
of, 447; William Est appointed
Bailiff of, id.

"Stralessund," letter from, invoking
the City's aid in defence of the
privileges of merchants of Almaine,
101; reply thereto, id.

Strangers, "known to be rich and
powerful," not to be admitted to
the freedom without the consent of
the Common Council, 109; custom
as to admission of strangers to the
freedom, 109n.; to contribute twice
as much as freemen for the defence
of the realm, 271. See also Merchant Strangers.

Stratford, mill for fulling cloth at, 37;
cattle to be slaughtered at, 301;
a baker of, convicted of fraud, 322;
animals for the City's use to be
slaughtered at, 372

Thames, the river, ordinances for protection of shipping in, 74-5; kydels
to be removed from, 87; to be
cleansed, 108; trinks and other
engines destructive of fish in, to be
removed, 143; stone towers built
for the City's protection on either
side of, 155; assize of nets used
for fishing in the, 159; surveyors
of nets appointed, 235-6, 253;
rubbish not to be thrown into the,
247, 255, 256; John Salesbury,
surveyor of the water of, 279; complaint of want of remuneration by
surveyor of, 282; "lastage" not to
be thrown into, 296; John Besouthe
appointed surveyor of, loco John
Salesbury, 314; limits prescribed
to fishing in the, 339, 361; stable
refuse not to be cast into, 365;
ordinances against polluting, 392;
butchers allowed to cast oftal into,
392, 394; Alexander Bonere, conservator of, 426

Toll, tenants of the Bishop of London
and the Dean and Chapter of St.
Paul's to be free of, 5; the Bishop
of Winchester and his tenants to be
free of, 6; to be levied on carts for
repair of highways, 54, 145, 155,
156, 236; levied on boats for keep
ing docks and quays clean, 152

Victuallers, ordinances to be kept by,
163; ordinances made temp. Northampton, Mayor, regulating the trade
of, 190-1; not to hold any judicial
office in the City, 206, 210; to be
subject to the rule of the Mayor
and Aldermen, 223, 226; not to be
molested by the King's Purveyors,
438

Victuals, one moiety of forfeited, to
go to the Commonalty, the Sheriffs
retaining the other moiety, 47; a
tax on, for the City's defence, 90,
116, 271; forestalment of, forbidden,
134, 222; the price of, fixed, 140;
regulations touching, to be duly observed, 274, 285, 394; grievances
touching sale of, to be submitted to
the Alderman of the Ward, 275;
free trade in allowed, 325, 331n.;
sale of, to be subject to civic authorities, 337

Vigerous, John, 62, 238

Vinlan (Unilan ?), Alice de, wife of
Henry de Cantebrige, 88

Vintners, pardoned by the King for
disobeying statutes, 308
-, mistery of, brokers sworn, 22;
sends six members to the Common Council, 42, 59; Surveyors
elected, 74; six members to appraise
wine sold in taverns, id.; to appoint
men to search for merchant strangers
trading in the City, 90; Masters
sworn, 337

Wards, assessments of, 2-3, 207; discussion as to whether elections should
be made by the misteries or by the,
35; a return to be made of the number of persons over fourteen years
of age in the several, for the purpose of a poll-tax, 60; to be put in
array, 65, 66, 85, 153, 264, 285,
286, 320; work on the Conduit and
City ditches apportioned among the
several, 128; particulars of amount
of poll-tax received from the several,
129-31; election of an Alderman
by the Mayor and Aldermen in default of election by one of the, 148;
names of those assessed for subsidy
in the several, to be brought in,
159; a house-to-house visitation to
be made in the several, for collection
of poll tax, 163; City gates to be
guarded by armed men from the
several, 171; Common Council to
be elected by, 227, 240; the number
of those to be sent to Common
Council by, 228; names of those
elected to Common Council from
the several, 237-40, 269-71, 280-1,
332-4; names of deputies appointed
by Aldermen during their absence at
Reading, 247; representatives from,
to take counsel for the defence of
the realm, 269-71; the Common
Council to continue to be elected by
the, 277; a Parliamentary grant to
be levied in the, 283; precepts for
election of the Common Council
from the, 300, 322, 332; precept to
levy half a fifteenth in, 324; punishment for assaulting a Ward Constable, 360; inhabitants called upon
to take a fresh oath of allegiance, 375

Watch and Ward, precepts for keeping, 30, 54, 83, 111, 128, 129, 157,
165, 224, 228, 232, 254, 266, 284,
293, 308, 321, 337 8, 349, 373;
members of the Common Council
discharged from serving on, except
with the Mavor, Sheriffs, or
Alderman of their Ward, 209; not
to be kept by members of Common
Council against their will, 241

Water, scaicity of, hand-mills to be
used for making bread instead of
water-mills, owing to, 136

Wine, the price of, regulated, 27, 145,
163, 173, 210, 214, 231, 303, 323,
365; unwholesome, to be destroyed,
73; sold in taverns to be appraised
by men of the mistery of Vintners,
74; vintners pardoned by the King
for disobeying statutes touching sale
of, 308; old and new, to be kept
apart in cellars, 349; charges for
carriage of, 424